{{quote|In the twilight of autumn it sailed out of Mithlond, until the seas of the [[Bent World]] fell away beneath it…|''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age]]}}

{{quote|In the twilight of autumn it sailed out of Mithlond, until the seas of the [[Bent World]] fell away beneath it…|''[[The Silmarillion]]'', [[Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age]]}}

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The '''White Ship''' was the ship that sailed from the [[Grey Havens]] into the [[Uttermost West]], carrying the [[Ring-bearers]] to Aman. Its departure marked the end of the [[Third Age]]. Along with [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] the [[Ring-bearer]] and [[Bilbo Baggins]] the [[Ring-finder]] the ship also carried [[Elrond]], and [[Galadriel]], and [[Gandalf]], who had been the [[Keepers of the Three Rings]]. They were accompanied to the Grey Havens by [[Gildor Inglorion]] and many other Elves besides, but whether any of these others went aboard the ship with them is not told. It does seem, though, that Gandalf's horse [[Shadowfax]] did make the journey for we see him waiting at the quayside in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', and in one of his Letters, Tolkien says that he sailed away with [[Gandalf]]. The White Ship was one of the last ships to have set sail from the Grey Havens.

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The '''White Ship''' was the ship that sailed from the [[Grey Havens]] into the [[Uttermost West]], carrying the [[Ring-bearers]] to Aman. Its departure marked the end of the [[Third Age]]. Along with [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] the [[Ring-bearer]] and [[Bilbo Baggins]] the [[Ring-finder]] the ship also carried [[Elrond]], and [[Galadriel]], and [[Gandalf]], who had been the [[Keepers of the Three Rings]]. They were accompanied to the Grey Havens by [[Gildor|Gildor Inglorion]] and many other Elves besides, but whether any of these others went aboard the ship with them is not told. It does seem, though, that Gandalf's horse [[Shadowfax]] did make the journey for we see him waiting at the quayside in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', and in one of his Letters, Tolkien says that he sailed away with [[Gandalf]]. The White Ship was one of the last ships to have set sail from the Grey Havens.